Senior Audio-visual Practitioner - Nottingham, United Kingdom - HM Revenue and Customs

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Salary:

- £42,618 - £45,831
  • Plus Flexibility Payment
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • Senior Executive Officer
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • HMRC
  • CCG
  • Fraud Investigation Service CODE: Covert Operations, Digital Exploitation
    Type of role:
  • Digital
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime, Compressed Hours, Part Year
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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Location

  • Nottingham Regional Centre, 1 Unity Square, Nottingham, NG2 1AWAbout the job

Job summary:


HMRC is the UK's tax, payments and customs authority and we have a vital purpose: we collect the money that pays for the UK's public services and help families and individuals with targeted financial support.


Covert Operations, Digital Exploitation (CODE) sits within HMRC's wider Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) responsible for the department's civil and criminal investigation work.

FIS ensures that HMRC has an effective approach to taking on the most serious tax evasion and fraud.


Working across Law Enforcement and government, CODE provides investigative tools and covert techniques to front-line investigations and works with key partners to develop and provide access to new technology and systems to enable investigators to respond to serious and complex tax evasion and crime.

Cybercrime & Forensic Services (C&FS) provides critical support to FIS investigations nationally through the provision of important forensic services. From supporting warrant executions to the preservation and analysis of digital evidence.


Job description:


This is a unique opportunity to be responsible for critical elements of our Audio-Visual Forensic Service provided to HMRC's investigation teams.


You will ensure that all aspects of Audio-Visual Forensic work are carried out to a high standard, adhering to solid forensic strategy and meeting all requirements of the Forensic Science Regulator.


This will involve leading and developing junior colleagues who will benefit from your expertise and experience during lab-base acquisition work, forensic analysis and presentation of evidence.


As an effective communicator you will collaborate closely with Senior Investigation Officers (SIOs) running operations and their senior management structures.

Providing consultant level services on Forensic Strategy and technical problem solving.


On-site operations, such as search warrants, are an important part in HMRC's enforcement work, here the investigation teams will benefit from your experience dealing with frontline challenges and assisting with the forensic aspects of fast-paced operational work.


The responsibilities of this role will include:

  • Ability to work effectively as a team leader demonstrating excellent leadership skills and support the team's goals above individual goals
  • Overseeing the processing of analogue and digital devices pertaining to audio, video & photographic media including acquisition, editing and production of audio, video and photographic material for presentation to the Criminal Justice system
  • Troubleshooting technical problems under pressure and providing technical advice to officers in support of forensic submissions
  • Manage forensic exhibits to ensure continuity, confidentiality and security is maintained at all times
  • Understand, follow and actively promote Digital Forensic good practice methodologies (ISO17025:2017 standard and FSR Codes of Practice) to examine Audio-Visual devices & data
  • Provide fact and proceduralbased evidence at Court as and when required
  • Good communicator who can perform in a client/customer facing role
  • Ability to work in a fastpaced environment, managing multiple tasks through to completion
  • Be at the forefront of technical developments within Audio-Visual Forensics
  • To carry out any duties commensurate with the purpose of the post that may from time to time be determined
  • Mentor laboratory Audio-Visual Forensic Practitioners, Higher Audio-Visual Forensic Practitioners and educate senior investigation colleagues about the field of Audio-Visual forensics.
  • Attending court as a professional/expert witness

Training


Depending on existing experience, you will be expected to undertake Audio-Visual Forensics training, ranging from in-house training to external courses.


Additional Information
This role requires security clearance to SC.

Any job offer is conditional to the attainment of the security clearance to SC and thus, the security clearance is mandatory.

Please be aware that those who do not attain one will not be allowed to carry on in this particular post.

If you do not attain your security clearance subsequent to appointment, we will look to redeploy you to another role within HMRC.

This role requires a certain degree of fitness and applicants wi

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